Holy Spirit, the life-giver

Through the Holy Spirit, God gives birth to and supports both natural and spiritual life. For this reason, Scripture likens the Holy Spirit to life-giving water.

The creating Spirit (or breath) of God gives and sustains life

Genesis 1:2 See also Genesis 2:7; Job 26:13, Job 27:3, Job 32:8, Job 33:4, Job 34:14; Psalm 33:6, Psalm 104:30

Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

The Holy Spirit gives new life

Ezekiel 37:1–14 See also Ezekiel 36:26–28

The Holy Spirit is the life-giver in the conception of Jesus Christ

Matthew 1:18 See also Matthew 1:20; Luke 1:35

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit gives resurrection life to Jesus Christ

1 Peter 3:18 See also Romans 1:4

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

The Holy Spirit brings new spiritual life

John 3:5 See also John 3:6, John 3:8, John 6:63

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

The Spirit sets believers free from bondage to works that lead to death

Romans 8:2 See also Romans 8:6, Romans 8:13; Galatians 6:8

For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

The Holy Spirit is described as life-giving water

John 7:37–39 Words spoken by Jesus Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles. See also Isaiah 32:15, Isaiah 44:3–4; Ezekiel 36:25–27, Ezekiel 39:29, Ezekiel 47:1–12; Zechariah 14:8; John 4:10, John 4:14; Revelation 22:1–2, Revelation 22:17

On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.